Ōmigawa Station

Not to be confused with Omigawa Station.
Ōmigawa Station
青海川駅

Ōmigawa Stationin June 2009
Location Ōmigawa, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata
(新潟県柏崎市青海川)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Shin'etsu Main Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Unstaffed
History
Opened 1899
Location
Ōmigawa Station
Location within Japan

Ōmigawa Station (青海川駅 Ōmigawa-eki) is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōmigawa Station is served by the Shinetsu Main Line, and is 29.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu Station.

Layout

The station is unstaffed and consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

south  Shin'etsu Main Line for Naoetsu
north  Shin'etsu Main Line for Kashiwazaki and Nagaoka


History

The station was opened on 28 July 1899.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Station and track blocked by landslide, July 2007

On 17 July 2007, the station and line was damaged and blocked by a landslide caused by the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. The line reopened to traffic on 13 September 2007. A new station building was completed on 25 March 2008.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shinetsu Main Line
Kasashima - Kujiranami

See also

References

  1. JR East station information. Retrieved 8 February 2010. (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 37°20′47″N 138°29′11″E / 37.3463°N 138.4864°E / 37.3463; 138.4864

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